#5EB8CD#5EB8CD

#5EB8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.091 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5EB8CD
RGB	rgb(94, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -21.04, -18.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 28.23, 221.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0745 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.091 215)
XYZ	xyz(32.7717, 41.0654, 63.9452)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5EB8CD #CD735E

analogous

#5ECDAA #5EB8CD #5E80CD

triadic

#5EB8CD #CD5EB8 #B8CD5E

tetradic

#5EB8CD #AA5ECD #CD735E #80CD5E

square

#5EB8CD #AA5ECD #CD735E #80CD5E

split-complementary

#5EB8CD #CD5E80 #CDAA5E

monochromatic

#2A7587 #389EB5 #5EB8CD #8DCDDC #BBE1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#5EB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#5EB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5EB8CD

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5EB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5EB8CD	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5eb8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.091 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cddc',
    500: '#5eb8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5eb8cd;
$custom-light: #94cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5eb8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.351,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73504,
    "c": 0.09095,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.41068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5EB8CD

secondary

#D9B6AD

accent

#674CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5EB8CD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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